Cape Cod - Written by Leslie Fishlock on Friday, March 14, 2008 16:07 - 1 Comment

‘Bomb’ at law office proves to be Turnip

turnip1.jpgI couldn’t resist. There is some sick pleasure sometimes in seeing some lawyers made into complete jackasses…

FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 14 (UPI) — The bomb squad in Fort Wayne, Ind., spent several hours dealing with a suspicious package that turned out to contain a turnip.

Employees at the Haller & Colvin law firm called police after they opened the package and found a blue gift bag, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported Friday. Police summoned bomb squad officers, who arrived with a robot and X-ray equipment.

After the package was discovered Thursday, the robot, nicknamed “Bob,” carried it to a parking lot. It was X-rayed there — using remote-controlled equipment — and determined to be something other than an explosive device.

At that point, several hours after the scare began, officers opened the gift bag and found a raw turnip. It had been sent to Mark GiaQuinta, a lawyer with Haller & Colvin and president of the Fort Wayne community school board.

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Fred
Mar 14, 2008 18:00

You can see eyewitness photos of the vicious Turnip Bomb at:
http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/2008/03/fwob-exclusive.html

The photos were taken from the second floor window of the building overlooking the parking lot of the scare site.

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